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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
General information
- Community Website
- Steam Community Discussions
- EA Support
Availability
- Owning any retail or digital version gives a one-month subscription and permanent Preferred status, including permanent access to all expansions; see Features for details.
Monetization
Type |
Notes |
Free-to-play
| Originally requiring a subscription, the game went free to play on November 15, 2012 with numerous gameplay restrictions.[3][4] |
Subscription
| Premium plans are available in a 30, 60 or 90 day recurring subscription, or for a 60 day a one time purchase that provide numerous benefits such as access to all released expansions, reduced gameplay restrictions and a monthly allowance of Cartel Coins. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Rise of the Hutt Cartel |
Free to all players |
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Galactic Starfighter |
Free to all players |
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Galactic Strongholds |
Free to all players |
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Shadow of Revan |
Free to all players |
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Knights of the Fallen Empire |
Only available to subscribers, stays available after the subscription ends. |
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Knights of the Eternal Throne |
Only available to subscribers, stays available after the subscription ends. |
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Onslaught |
Only available to subscribers, stays available after the subscription ends. |
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Microtransactions
Type |
Notes |
Boost
| Level boosts |
Cosmetic
| Cosmetics such as armor, pets, weapons and mounts can be purchsined using Cartel Coins in the in-game Cartel Market. |
Currency
| Cartel Coins were added with the free to play update, and is a real money purchaser that can be spent in the in-game Cartel Market to purchase cosmetics, boosts, loot boxes and unlocks. |
Free-to-grind
| The game can be played for free up until level 60, before requiring a purchase or subscribe to access the expansions. |
Infinite spend
| Cartel Coins can be purchased without limit |
Loot box
| Cartel Packs can be purchased from the in-game Cartel Market which contain a chance to drop various types of cosmetics. |
Player trading
| Some items purchased off the Cartel Market can be bought and sold in the in-game player marketplace. |
Time-limited
| Packs made available in the in-game Cartel Market will get retired and may come back at a later date. |
Unlock
| The in-game Cartel Market contains numerous unlocks for services such as name changes, races, character slots and perks, and removing certain gameplay restrictions. |
Essential improvements
Disable Bitraider
- Bitraider can cause major network and performance issues, including having to redownload the game every time you play.[citation needed]
Follow this guide
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Notes
- The entire game will have to be redownloaded upon uninstalling Bitraider (>40GB), but after that only future updates will need to be downloaded
- Bitraider isn't present in the Steam version of the game.
- As of 2019, Bitraider is no longer included in any version of the game, thus this suggestion can be ignored.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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The game uses 5.1 or 7.1 if available. No in-game settings. |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Can be changed in Settings. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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American and Canadian. |
French |
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Canadian French |
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German |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
80, 8995, 12000-12999, 20000-30000[8] |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Improving performance
Turn down shadows[citation needed]
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- Turning off shadows drastically increases the performance of the game, and can normally change the frame rate from unplayable to acceptable.
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Character gets stuck (unable to move)
Use command[citation needed]
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- Type
/stuck in the chat window if your character gets stuck in the environment.
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Missing textures on some AMD GPU's
Turn down ingame Anti Aliasing to either Medium or Off
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- Turning the ingame Anti-aliasing (AA) to either Medium or Off will fix missing textures such as the lightsaber's blade.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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[9] |
RAM Disk
- This thread specifies how to implement a RAM Disk with Star Wars: The Old Republic.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10 [9] |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ |
System memory (RAM) |
6 GB [9] |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
75 GB [9] |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 610 AMD Radeon HD 7450 Intel HD 3000 |
Notes
- ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References